Korea University researchers take down EVPAD, a P2P piracy network

Korea University researchers dismantled EVPAD, a P2P piracy network hosting 25,000 titles for 130,000 users. EVPAD illegally provided 24,934 titles to a global audience via 78 servers, with 131,175 users connected. Hard-coded DNS domains in apps provided a key blocking method. The system used peer-to-peer libraries and set-top boxes to distribute content, bypassing traditional streaming methods and subscription fees.